THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMEEN RIHANI

THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMEEN RIHANI

The Institute of Lebanese Thought (ILT) and the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature at AUB, organized the Int. Conf. on The Philosophy of Ameen Rihani. More than forty scholars from around the world gathered at Notre Dame University and The American University of Beirut to present their papers and discuss aspects of the philosophy of Ameen Rihani based on his Arabic and English works. Distinguished guests from Australia, Georgia, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Russia and USA participated in this outstanding academic event. Major subjects related to Rihani’s philosophy were presented and discuss, namely: Spiritual Runways and Religious Criticism in Rihani’s Philosophy, Rihani the Visionary: East-West Dimensions and the Philosophy of Freedom and Democracy in Rihani’s Thought, The Philosophy of Idealism and the Relationship Between the Poet and the Philosopher According to Ameen Rihani, the Rihani Philosophical and Spiritual Perspectives, Modern Civilization in Rihani’s trends of Thought, Rationalism and Social Evolution in Rihani’s works, Pantheism in Rihani’s Philosophy, The Rihani National Commitment, The Philosophy of The Great City and Western Civilization, Rihani Between the National Tendency and the Humanitarian Inclination.